Alfred Sandover
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Alfred Sandover MBE |
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| Born | 24 November 1866 Plymouth, England |
| Died | 4 May 1958 (aged 91) Perth, Western Australia |
| Residence | Knutsford |
| Education | North Adelaide Grammar School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1884-1957 |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Allen (1895-1943) |
| Relatives | Eric Sandover (son), Raymond Sandover (great nephew) |
Alfred Sandover M.B.E. (24 November 1866 – 4 May 1958), Australian hardware merchant and philanthropist, was born in Plymouth England, the youngest of five children. Graduating from North Adelaide Grammar School in 1881, he came to Perth Western Australia in 1884, arriving in Fremantle when the temperature was 41 °C (106 °F) and vowing to stay not a day over his contract. In 1921 Sandover donated the medal bearing his name as the West Australian Football League's annual award recognising the league's fairest and best player of the regular season.
Sandover was the youngest of five children of William Sandover and his wife Mary Billing, née Bates. William was a hotelier and later a politician in South Australia. While on a visit to England, Alfred was born on 24 November 1866. The family returned to Adelaide on the City of Adelaide arriving on 12 October 1867. Educated at North Adelaide Grammar School, in 1881 Sandover attained first class honours in the senior public examination.
His older brother, William Sandover, jnr., (c. 1856 – c. 22 May 1921) had moved to Western Australia around 1880 and opened a chemist's shop and hardware store, and called on Alfred to help him run the business, W. Sandover & Co. Alfred arrived in Fremantle in 1884, and initially found the dust, the glare, and temperature of 41 °C (106 °F), unbearable; he determined to return as soon as his contract term elapsed, yet Sandover was to remain in Western Australia for the rest of his life. The company prospered: gold was discovered al Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, and the 1890s saw a huge demand for machinery and all kinds of hardware which W. Sandover & Co. was able to supply.
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